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Quercus coccinea - (image 1 of 4)

Taxonomy

Family: Fagaceae

Habitat

Dry upland soil. Not tolerant of shade.

Associates

 Distribution

Southwest ME south to GA, west to southern MI, MO, and MS.    

Morphology

Deciduous tree to 25 m; buds rounded; terminal buds 3 mm or more long, the scales distinctly pubescent on the margins; inner bark reddish or gray. Leaves alternate, simple, lobes bristle tipped, lobed more than halfway; the bases straight across. Acorn dull, ovoid to subglobose; acorn cap turbinate, covering about half of the acorn, the scales partly glabrous, shining.

Notes

Flowers mid April to early June

Wetland indicator: Upland

This species apparently overlaps considerably with Hill's Oak (Q. ellipsoidalis) leading many authorities to suggest that the two are not distinct.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.

The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
 

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